--------------------------------------------------------------------- Wings over America is the sixth album issued by Wings and their only live album. In its initial 1976 release, it was a triple album due to its length, but it was reissued as a double-CD in 1984 on Columbia/CBS Records, which is currently out of print. The Columbia version is known as the "Holy Grail" of compact discs due to its scarcity. On April 14th, 2008, it was released on iTunes.

Compiled from all recorded shows of the band's Wings Over America Tour that spring, Wings over America was another success for McCartney and Wings, reaching #1 in the US in early 1977 (the last in a 5-album stretch of consecutive #1 albums for Wings) and #8 in the UK, and selling several million copies.

Originally, Wings over America was to be a 2 record set but due to the enormous success of a bootleg called "Wings From The Wings" (recorded live at the Forum in Los Angeles, California, June 22, 1976) which was released on bi-centennial red white and blue triple vinyl, this caused McCartney to redo the official release as a 3 record set covering the entire concert including Denny Laine's "Go Now," a song from his time as a member of The Moody Blues. This song was only performed June 21, 22 and 23, 1976 at the Los Angeles Forum.